Patty Shepard
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Patty Moran Shepard (October 1, 1945 – January 3, 2013) was an American-born Spanish film actress. She appeared in more than fifty Spanish, Italian and French films from the 1960s to the 1980s.
Shepard was born in Greenville, South Carolina, in 1945. Her younger sister, television actress Judith Chapman, had roles in Murder, She Wrote and The Young and the Restless. Shepard first arrived in Spain with her father, an official with the U.S. Air Force, who was stationed at an air force base in Torrejón de Ardoz. She moved to Madrid in 1963 to pursue studies in philosophy. However, she soon began modeling and appearing in Spanish television commercials, including a campaign for a brand of brandy. The roles would lead to more serious acting parts and she remained in Spain for the rest of her life.
Her early television credits led to a small, debut film role in La ciudad no es para mí (The City is Not For Me) in 1966, which launched her film career. She appeared in more than fifty films in Spain and Italy over the next twenty years, before retiring in 1988. She married Spanish actor Manuel de Blas in 1967; the couple had met while filming the 1967 movie, Cita en Navarra (A Date in Navarra).
Patty Shepard died from a heart attack at her home in Madrid, Spain, on January 3, 2013, at the age of 67. She was survived by her husband, actor Manuel de Blas.
